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 Definitions of sonic boom  [ˈsɒn ɪk]  

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Definition of 'sonic boom' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sonic boom
a loud noise caused by the shock wave generated by an aircraft moving at supersonic speed.

Etymology:  (1950–55)

Definition of 'sonic boom' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sonic boom
an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
"a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"


Translation of 'sonic boom' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a sudden loud noise heard when an aircraft which is travelling faster than the speed of sound passes overhead.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: soniese knal Arabic flag Arabic: دَوي الائِرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гърмеж при летене със свр
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ruído sônico Czech flag Czech: zvukový třesk German flag German: Knall beim Durchbrechen e
Danish flag Danish: overlydsbrag Greek flag Greek: ηχητική βροντή διάσπασης Spanish flag Spanish: estampido sónico
Estonian flag Estonian: lööklaine kõmakas Farsi flag Farsi: صداي شكستن ديوار صوتي Finnish flag Finnish: yliäänipamaus
French flag French: bang supersonique Hebrew flag Hebrew: “בוּם” עַל-קוֹלִי Hindi flag Hindi: ध्वनि बूम
Croatian flag Croatian: zvučni udar, probijanje z Hungarian flag Hungarian: hangrobbanás Indonesian flag Indonesian: ledakan sonik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hljóðhögg Italian flag Italian: bang/boom/boato del suono Japanese flag Japanese: 衝撃波音
Korean flag Korean: 소닉 붐 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: garso barjeras Latvian flag Latvian: skaņas barjera/trieciens
Malay flag Malay: debum bunyi Dutch flag Dutch: supersonische knal Norwegian flag Norwegian: overlydssmell
Polish flag Polish: grzmot przy przekraczaniu Persian flag Persian: صداي شكستن ديوار صوتي Pashto flag Pashto: د جاز ږغ چې كله كله ديوال
Portuguese flag Portuguese: barulho sónico QUERY Romanian flag Romanian: supersonic Russian flag Russian: сверхзвуковой хлопок
Slovak flag Slovak: rev, hluk Slovenian flag Slovenian: pok pri prebitju zvočnega Serbian flag Serbian: probijanje zvučnog zida
Swedish flag Swedish: överljudssmäll Thai flag Thai: เสียงดังสนั่นที่เกิดจากเค Turkish flag Turkish: ses duvarı patlaması
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 聲震 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: звуковий удар Urdu flag Urdu: اونچی دھماکے کی آواز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiếng nổ bởi máy bay siêu Chinese flag Chinese: 声震

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